Tire-protector.



R. M. HALLIDAYi TIRE P ROTEcToR. l APrLmAT'Ios Hum rms. 1,I 1910.

. Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

ROBERT M. HALLIDAY, or MOUNT Gennaio, entro, AssreNon. or ONE-HALF ro GRANT c. HALLIDAY, or MOUNT GILEAD, onto.

TIRE-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. il?, Q.'

Application filed February 1, 1916. Serial No. 541,365.

To all whom if may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT lvl. HALLIDAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount Gilead, in the county of Morrow and Statel of fhio, have invented certain new and useful improvement-s in Tire-Protec` tors, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in tire protectors, and relates particularly to externally applied anti-slipping devices. 4

The invention has Jfor its primary object a simple, durable and eiiicient construction of device of this character which may be easily applied to the casing of a tire of an automobile or other vehicle, the device embodying any desired number of plates ar-l ran ed in a circular series, the plates being pre erably constructed'of sheet metal and I provided with preferably sheet metal antiskidding sections, the plates being connected together by preferably open links, whereby the device may be easily applied and readily removed and whereby any one or more of the plates may be removed when .damaged and replaced by a new one.

With this and other objects 4in View as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure' l is a` side elevation of a portion of a vehicle wheel, the tire of which is equipped with my improved protector and anti-slipping device; FigfQ is a detail perspective view of one of the plateswhich make up the protector when linked together, as herelnafter specified; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through one of the plates; Fig. 4 is a sectional view at right angles to Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a section taken longitudinally of the wheel rim, the section being taken through nwo adjoining plates;

and, Fig. 6 is a detail'perspective view of one of the'links employed.

Corresponding and like parts' are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters My improved tire protector or anti-slipping device which is designed to be applied to the tread surface of a tire, comprises any desired number of transversely extending plates l, said plates being preferably cond@ structed of sheet metal, stamped and shaped at one operation, and being of any desired width, length and thickness, according to the particular wheel for which they are intended, it being, of course, understood that the devices will, in manufacture, be made up indifferent sizes according to the size of the tire for which they are designed. Each plate is preferably bowed, not only in a direction at right angles to the longitudinal 7@ Y plane of the tire to which the device is applied, but also in a circumferential direction, as best illustrated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, and the ends of the plates are turned upwardly to form flanges 2, as best illustrated .'15v

in Figs. 2 and 3. Each fiange 2 is formed, preferably near its ends, with apertures 3, said apertures being designed to receive the ends 4 of open links 5, saidends bein outwardly offset in a radial direction, as c early illustrated in the drawing and insuring the free movement of the parts as well as providing against accidental displacement or detachment. The main portion or bars of the links are preferably located outermost, -Sti as clearly indicated in Fig. l1.

The flanges 2 themselves constitute antiskidding elements, but preferably each late 1 is formed with additional safe-guards in the vform of preferably sheet metal sections 6 which are formed with any desired number of protuberances or swells 7 whereby to engageAt-he surface of the road vand insure against slipping. These sections 7 extend vtransversely of the tire, as do the plates 1 95 In the practical use pf the device, the band constituted by the entirel set of plates 1 is opened at any desiredl point by removing correspondingly opposite links 5 from one of the lates 1 'the device being then placed circum erentiallry around'the'tread surface i116 of the tire andthe partially detached links being subsequently secured in place again. Obviously, the parts will yield as they are connected together by freely articulatn joints, while at the same time their formation and their construction and arrangement will insure that they shall be securely held on the Wheel as against accidental displacement and that they will' produce a proper tread surface and prevent slipping and skidding.

Manifestly, the parts' of the device may be cheaply manufactured vas they are preferably constructed out of sheet metal, and they may be readily assembled and applied and readily detached whenever necessary to replace any 'parts that may he broken or Iotherwise becomel unfit for further service.

Having thus described the inventiongwhat is claimed 'as new, is:

A tire protector consisting of a plurality of plates bowed both in a direction at right analso 1n a circumferential direction,

whereby to iit the cross sectional ,contour of of the tire, that they will present convex faces to the tread-surface of the tire when applied, each plate being formed at its ends with outwardly turned Hangers. and the anges 30 being formed with slots that 'are elongated in .a direction circumferentially of the tire and open links having offset ends rejle I in .the apertures of the adjoining flanges whereby to movably and detachably connect 35 the said lates together, the offset ends of` the links eing disposed inwardly.

In testimonfy whereof I ax my signature in presence o two witnesses.

ROBERT M. HALLIDAY. [L a] Witnesses:

W. N. Woonson, Fnnnnnion- Sv. Serri',

the tire, 25 g the plates being so bowed 'circumferentially- 

